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Many like to argue about the role of art in society, importantly in changing the course of social flow. Even the aggressively atheist Richard Dawkins, who otherwise uses every faculty of his, to disprove, dislodge, destroy religion, faith, and God, acknowledges the sublime nature of art, poetry, music. He limits his rationality to debunking God, …
Someone very wise has remarked, ‘Something is a sport only when the other side knows that there is a game on’. And by this definition hunting is NOT a sport. Hunting for food is an activity, hunting for pleasure in this modern-day and age can be achieved by a nice simulation in a video game. …
After watching Endgame I could not help but feel that the whole Avengers series is Hollywood’s answer to 1990’s Govinda Films! Tacky clothes, deliberate gimmicks bordering on slapstick comedy, massy entertainment, jokes and scenes you enjoy in the moment. And like the Govinda films, I am sure a couple of decades later we are all …
Astrology, it is the ‘in-thing’ resurgent since the last decade or two. Top credit should go to our celebrities for turning Astrology in vogue. Celebs donning multiple coloured stones, projects starting with specific letters, famous people changing how they spell their names (guilty!), astro talk shows, all have contributed to this surge. Hard to believe …
It was sheer luck that we stumbled upon the French Open quarter final between Marco Cecchinato and Novak Djokovic. Marco (ranked 72) had started strong taking the first two sets 6-3, 7-6 against the former champion Djokovic, but then seemed to have run out of steam as Djokovic eyeing a ninth semi final had clawed …
